The 40-year-old former Cy Young Award winner went 18-6 with a 2.65 ERA in 30 starts for AL West champion Oakland last season. He is 189-128 with a 3.94 ERA over 16 seasons, with seven teams.

Colon last pitched in the NL in 2002, going 10-4 with a 3.31 ERA in 17 starts for Montreal after being acquired from Cleveland, where he had started the season 10-4 with a 2.55 ERA in 16 starts. He is also no stranger to pitching in New York, having done so with the Yankees in 2011.